outdoors (Page 2)
One climber reveals the key to climbing Mt Fuji successfully might be to do it more than once.
In separate instances, man in sandals and woman who’d never been to Mt. Fuji before both require emergency assistance to get off Japan’s tallest mountain.
All of Mt. Fuji’s four hiking trails are now open, and all of them have new rules this year.
Our search for the coldest place in Tokyo to escape Japan’s heat wave takes us below the earth【Pics】
Legends say Sai no Kawara exists on the border between the realms of the living and the dead, but the map says it’s in Tottori.
Grab your umbrellas and get ready to see the silver/blue/purple/pink lining to Japan’s rainy season.
With thousands of bushes to be enjoyed, these floral wonderlands are just waiting for you to stroll around them.
Thousands of flowers bloom in the west Tokyo mountains, but they all started from one man’s kind thoughts.
Once again, foreign nationals need help after taking the risks of mountain hiking too lightly.
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